Lee Ki-hyung

Lee Ki-hyung

Personal information
Full name	Lee Ki-hyung
Date of birth	(1974-09-28) 28 September 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth	Hwasun, Jeonnam, South Korea
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Yanbian Longding (manager)
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1995	Korea University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2002	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	110	(12)
2003–2004	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	54	(5)
2005–2006	Seoul	17	(0)
2007–2010	Auckland City	53	(9)
Total		234	(26)
International career
1990	South Korea U17	1	(0)
1992–1993	South Korea U20	2	(2)
1993–1996	South Korea U23	48[α]	(10)
1995–2003	South Korea	47	(6)
Managerial career
2017–2018	Incheon United
2020	Busan IPark (caretaker)
2022–2024	Seongnam
2024–	Yanbian Longding
Medal record Representing  South Korea Men's football AFC Youth Championship Runner-up 1992 United Arab Emirates[3]
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Ki-hyung
Hangul	이기형
Hanja	李基珩
RR	I Gihyeong
MR	I Kihyŏng

Lee Ki-hyung (born 28 September 1974) is a South Korean professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Yanbian Longding.

International career

Nicknamed the "Cannon shooter", Lee was a full-back who showed the strongest shot in South Korea.^[4] He played for South Korea in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1996 AFC Asian Cup. He also participated in qualifiers of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but failed to be selected for the World Cup team by manager Cha Bum-kun.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1996	K League	16	3	?	?	6	0	—		22	3
	1997	K League	6	1	?	?	9	0	?[a]	?	15	1
	1998	K League	14	1	?	?	10	3	?[a]	?	24	4
	1999	K League	24	2	?	?	12	1	?[b]	?	36	3
	2000	K League	3	0	?	?	0	0	?[b]	?	3	0
	2001	K League	27	1	?	?	0	0	?[b]	?	27	1
	2002	K League	20	4	?	?	9	2	?[b]	?	29	6
	Total		110	12	?	?	46	6	?	?	156	18
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	2003	K League	38	3	2	0	—		?[b]	?	40	3
	2004	K League	16	2	1	0	11	0	?[b]	?	28	2
	Total		54	5	3	0	11	0	?	?	68	5
FC Seoul	2005	K League	9	0	2	0	7	0	—		18	0
	2006	K League	8	0	2	0	9	0	—		19	0
	Total		17	0	4	0	16	0	—		37	0
Auckland City	2007–08	New Zealand Championship	22	5	—		—		?[c]	?	22	5
	2008–09	New Zealand Championship	17	0	—		—		?[c]	?	17	0
	2009–10	New Zealand Championship	14	4	—		—		?[c]	?	14	4
	Total		53	9	—		—		?	?	53	9
Career total			234	26	7	0	73	6	?	?	314	32

1. Appearance(s) in Asian Cup Winners' Cup
2. Appearance(s) in Asian Club Championship/AFC Champions League
3. Appearance(s) in OFC Champions League

International

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.^[2]

List of international goals scored by Lee Ki-hyung

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 February 1995	Hong Kong	Japan	1–1	2–2 (5–3 p)	1995 Dynasty Cup
2				2–2
3	25 September 1996	Seoul, South Korea	China	2–1	3–1	Friendly
4	25 September 2003	Incheon, South Korea	Vietnam	1–0	5–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5	24 October 2003	Muscat, Oman	Nepal	2–0	7–0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6				7–0

Honours

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

• K League 1: 1998, 1999
• Korean FA Cup: 2002
• Korean League Cup: 1999, 1999+, 2000, 2001
• Korean Super Cup: 1999, 2000
• Asian Club Championship: 2000–01, 2001–02
• Asian Super Cup: 2001, 2002

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

• K League 1: 2003
• Korean League Cup: 2004
• AFC Champions League runner-up: 2004

FC Seoul

• Korean League Cup: 2006

Auckland City

• New Zealand Football Championship: 2008–09

South Korea U20^[3]

• AFC Youth Championship runner-up: 1992^[5]

Individual

• K League All-Star: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Notes

1. Includes nine appearances and three goals against non-national teams, and one appearance against another KFA team.^[2]

References

1. "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 9 December 2009. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 September 2012.
2. "Lee Ki-hyung" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
3. 아시아 청소년 축구 출전선수 20명 선발. Naver (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 19 July 1992. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
4. <올스타전> 이기형, 역시 최고의 캐넌슈터. Naver (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 15 August 2002. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
5. Di Maggio, Roberto; Garin, Erik; Jönsson, Mikael; Morrison, Neil; Stokkermans, Karel (22 November 2018). "Asian U-19/U-20 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
6. 프로축구 올스타전. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 29 November 1997. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
7. 프로축구 올스타전. Naver (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 8 August 1998. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
8. 신세대 축구스타 잠실벌서 뜬다. Naver (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 21 July 1999. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
9. 홍명보 ’영원한 왕별’ (in Korean). Kyeonggi Ilbo. 3 August 2002. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
10. [프로축구]이관우 K리그 별중의 별…올스타 팬투표 최다득표 (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 4 August 2003. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
11. 수원 4인방, 2004 K리그 올스타전 출장 (in Korean). Suwon Samsung Bluewings. 4 July 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2024.

External links

• Lee Ki-hyung – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean and English)
• Lee Ki-hyung at KFA (in Korean)
• Lee Ki-hyung – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Lee Ki-hyung at National-Football-Teams.com